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AML was one of the US's first ski racing stars. I am sure details available with The Google. She moved to Mammoth Lakes, CA later in life and was a big advocate for protection of fragile ecosystems in the Sierra, most notably Mono Lake. I met her once and got a tour of Mono Lake with her. Incredible personality.

Was this the lift that could also be run as a single chairlift? With the snow as is, a T-Bar is not going to work, but the chairlift could get them higher up, where the patches of snow may be more consistent. Doesn't look like there is anything on the liftline in the picture.

NJSki, that's the t-bar that acted like a chairlift on the top half of that run. It got so steep that the t-bar kind of tucked under the rider and felt like it was about to lift him or her off the ground. It served the A, B and C slopes. I can't remember which was the steepest, but they all were bumped up and often icy before snowmaking. I remember seeing a bunch of teenagers tearing the steep slope up. One of them was skiing on one ski with a cast on the ankle without the ski. It was covered with plastic, and it didn't seem to slow him down. The Chafee kid, including Rick and Suzy, along with Rebel Ryan, were i the group.

Nope on both. I will post another photo tomorrow from the article-- but here's an ancient clue-- this was the area where the controversial "Natur Technik" of skiing was introduced to the United States.

"Making ski films is being irresponsible with other people's money, in a responsible sort of way..."

flbski gets it! I will post the entire article later today-- there's a great photo of the stateside lodge (still looks the same) and the top of the mountain without the tramway. Also a center pole chair shot as well.

"Making ski films is being irresponsible with other people's money, in a responsible sort of way..."